Swinburne Visiting Research Fellow

Purpose of Swinburne Visiting Research Fellow

The Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing (CAS) at Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia seeks applications for a Visiting Research Fellowship. This program offers women and gender diverse people the opportunity to visit CAS and interact with researchers and graduate students at Swinburne.

Visiting Scholar Objectives

• Promote collaborative ties between Swinburne astronomers and a network of national and international researchers
• Enable interaction of students with researchers in their discipline
• Develop career opportunities for early & mid-career researchers
• Further improve the research environment in CAS
• Foster mentoring relationships

Eligibility

The Swinburne Visiting Fellow program is open to women and nonbinary researchers at least 4 years from the award of their PhD, and fewer than 15 years, at the time of undertaking the visit. Note that the time since PhD can be extended to account for any career interruptions. In this event, please include an explanatory statement. The research must overlap with the interests of at least one faculty member of CAS, whom you should identify in the application.

What is expected of the Visiting Fellow

The Visiting Fellow will be expected to stay at CAS for a minimum of 4 weeks. Longer stays are encouraged, subject to funding availability. The Fellow will give a colloquium on their research and a second presentation to CAS research students on a topic that is suitable. The Fellow is expected to engage with the research group of their identified collaborator regularly during the visit.

The list of Swinburne CAS academic staff members can be found at this link.

The second presentation, and any engagement with CAS students, is open for the Visiting Fellow to interpret and should be discussed in the proposal. This presentation could be educational/research based or alternatively be about career progression, for example. Please contact us if you have questions about this.

Funding

Funding is up to $12k AUD, which is sufficient to cover typical international airfare and accommodation for the duration of the fellowship. Additional funding for childcare may be available on a needs basis, subject to funding availability.

The visit can take place in 2024, however tickets and accommodation must be paid for by end-of-year 2023.

Application Materials

Please submit a CV and a single PDF with the following materials to the email address [email protected]

The proposal should be roughly 2 pages long (not more than three), discussing the proposed dates of visit, 2 presentations (discussed above) and/or any mentoring activities, research activities (identifying the CAS faculty member involved).